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Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s the leading preventable cause of death, disease and disability. And yet, nearly 15 percent of...

VDOT Lifts Lane Closures for Holiday Travel Across Virginia

If you’re headed out to do some last-minute holiday shopping, the Virginia Department of Transportation...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations...

Invest to Win Takes Flight With $20 Million Record Gift to Athletics

At a historic juncture for Virginia Tech Athletics, a donor has stepped forward to make...

New Study Shows How Neurons Organize Genetic Messages

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches...

Roanoke City Attempts to Dodge Risk of Further Bond Downgrade

There is a dark cloud of debt hanging over Roanoke City. In a communication from Roanoke City’s financial adviser, Public Financial Management, Inc. warned...

2010 Bike Hero and Extraordinary Bike Professional Award Winners Announced

The Regional Bicycle Advisory Committee, organized by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission, has announced the winners of its 2nd Annual Bike Hero and Extraordinary...

Goodlatte Calls For Investigation

Congressman Bob Goodlatte has called on the Inspector General of the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Comptroller General of the United States,...

Virginia Pilots Organization Registers Concerns over Poor Mountain Wind Farm

The largest pilots organization in Western Virginia, the IFR Pilots' Club, has registered concerns with the FAA over the proposal to place windmills...

Vintage Summer Days

Local antique collectors and produce vendors alike set up shop last Saturday at the Vinton Vintage Farmers Market. From hand carved folk art to...

Good Times Down By The River

The blazing hot weather all day didn’t seem to deter several thousand music lovers last Sunday as they congregated at the former Victory Stadium...